Obituaries

Mrs. Barnes retired as a nurse at Portsmouth General Hospital. She graduated as a licensed practical nurse from Obici School of Nursing.

A member of Greater Sweet Beulah Holiness Church, she was active in the Pastor's Aide, Missionary Circle and Ladies Aide Lodge 28. She was mother of the church and served as president of the Birthday Club and as a vice president of the Past Officers Council of the Baltimore Union Lodge.

NEWPORT NEWS - Leona M. Butts, 82, a native of Cranford, N.J., who had been a Peninsula resident for 60 years, died Wednesday, May 26.

Mrs. Butts had been a member of Carver Memorial Presbyterian Church since 1936. She was also a member of the Gray Ladies Auxiliary of the Hampton Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

Mrs. Butts was an organizer and past president of the Peninsula chapter of the Pinochle Bugs Inc. She was also instrumental in starting the Bridgaires Bridge Club and was a member of the Monday Bridge Club in Newport News. Mrs. Butts was also a former bridge instructor at the Phyllis Wheatly YWCA branch.

Mrs. Edwards retired from the Edenton Cotton Mill and was a member of First Assembly of God.

Also survived by two sisters, four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Funeral at 3 p.m. today at First Assembly of God by the Rev. Ronald McLendon. Burial in Beaver Hill Cemetery.

Arrangements by Williford-Barham Funeral Home, Edenton.

JUNE W. FOX

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - June White Fox, a former resident of Fort Monroe for 32 years, died Friday, May 28.

Mrs. Fox was a graduate of Columbia College and a Baptist. The native of Centenary, S.C., was an avid golfer.

Survived by two daughters, Susan S. Fox of Hampton and Betsy F. Cooper of North Myrtle Beach, S.C.; a son, Lt. Col. William P. Fox of West Point, N.Y.; three sisters, Norma W. Hewitt, Peggy W. Yates and Elizabeth W. Compton of Newberry, S.C.; and five grandchildren.

Visitation from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at residence, 150 Cabana Road, Briarcliffe Acres. Memorial service at 2 p.m. Monday at McMillan-Small Funeral Home by the Rev. Albert S. Kresken.

Memorials to American Lung Association of South Carolina, 1817 Gadsden St., Columbia, S.C. 29201; or a favorite charity.

LOUISE L. FRAZIER

GLOUCESTER - Louise Lewis Frazier, 88, of James Store, died Wednesday, May 26.

Mrs. Frazier was a member of the first class at Gloucester Training School, the first public school for blacks in Gloucester, funded by Thomas C. Walker in 1923. She graduated from the Academy of Hampton Institute in 1927 and received her teaching certificate from Virginia State College.

She taught at many of the original one- and two-room schools for blacks in Gloucester including Smithfield, Gleaning (Harcum), Woodville (Ordinary), Piney Swamp (Coke), Zion Hill and Brooks Memorial (James Store).

She was a member of Rising Valley Baptist Church and was church clerk from 1945 to 1979. She was a member of the board of the original Gloucester County Fair Committee and an active member and clerk of the Gloucester branch of the NAACP.

Survived by two brothers, Joseph R. Lewis of James Store and Franklin H. Lewis of Hayes; and two nieces.

Viewing from 6 to 8 tonight at Howard Funeral Home, Ark.

Funeral at 1 p.m. Sunday at Rising Valley Baptist Church. Burial in the church cemetery. The body will be placed in the church at noon.